12 of these stout crew boats where commisioned by the navy to ferry crews from alternate locations to both Bangor and Bremerton shipyards during the cold war. However due to Seattle voting in the fast ferry system, The marlineers never seen active service and where turn out to supplus where a New Car Dealership (Cadilliac) purchased 11 of the 12 vessals bound for California.
This fully restored example is believed to be 1 or 3 left in existance. Restored in “The Boat Yard” Marina Del Rey from 2010 thru 2016 by the finest shipwright the nation has to offer. Joe Parks has taken several painstaking years to bring back her magnificent lines and the add-on fly bridge.